سكون

See also: شكون

Arabic
Root
س ك ن (s-k-n)

Etymology

Verbal noun of سَكَنَ (sakana).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /su.kuːn/
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Noun

سُكُون • (sukūn) m

  1. verbal noun of سَكَنَ (sakana) (form I)
  2. quiet, rest, quietude
  3. stasis, stillness
  4. dwelling, living
  5. quiescence of a consonant
  6. (linguistics) sukun, sukūn (a sign in Arabic writing indicating the absence of a vowel)
  7. poverty, misery
  8. (computing) sleep mode

Declension
Declension of noun سُكُون (sukūn)
Singular basic singular triptote
Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal سُكُون
sukūn		 السُّكُون
as-sukūn		 سُكُون
sukūn
Nominative سُكُونٌ
sukūnun		 السُّكُونُ
as-sukūnu		 سُكُونُ
sukūnu
Accusative سُكُونًا
sukūnan		 السُّكُونَ
as-sukūna		 سُكُونَ
sukūna
Genitive سُكُونٍ
sukūnin		 السُّكُونِ
as-sukūni		 سُكُونِ
sukūni

Antonyms

Descendants
  • → Azerbaijani: sükun
  • → Persian: سکون
  • → Ottoman Turkish: سكون (sükûn)

References
  • Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “سكون”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎, London: W.H. Allen
  • Wehr, Hans (1979) “سكن”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN
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